The Weight Of The World, By Yann Arthus Morbert
The Extreme Impact of Humans on the Environment Humankind is advancing, but the environment is deteriorating, yet there are changes that the world is still waiting for. Both Yann Arthus-Bertrand in “A Wide Angle View of Fragile Earth” and Elizabeth Kolbert in “The Weight of the World” have an underlying agreement that society is to blame for these environmental changes. Although they persuade the audience in various ways, they have the same main goal: protecting the environment. Arthus-Bertrand and Kolbert humanize themselves to gain a sense of trust so that it is easier for the audience, the nations, to connect with them. At the beginning of the TED-Talk, Arthus-Bertrand sarcastically says to the audience, “I came here to speak about ecology…I have to kill a Frenchman when I come back home?” The audience laughs to portray that he is just as human as the rest of the world. Humor is characterized as a humanistic aspect, therefore, the audience perceives him as a human. Even though he is an expert environmentalist, when he came here on the plane he had some fault in damaging and polluting the environment. By stating, “I have a big impact on the planet to travel here by plane,” his diction begins with “I” to emphasize that he is inclusively part to blame for the environmental damages. He displays his credibility by making the audience feel equivalent to him. Subsequently, Kolbert humanizes herself through Figueres as she tracks her role as the Secretariat. Figueres
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Not only does she play a major role in the U.N.F.C.C.C. to persuade the nations to make changes to the
Not only does she play a major role in the U.N.F.C.C.C. to persuade the nations to make changes to the